|
Online Learning News and Research
|
Tuesday, April 02, 2002
http://chronicle.com/free/2002/04/2002040201u.htm British Columbia's Budget Crunch Appears to Threaten Open Learning Agency KAREN BIRCHARD The future of one of Canada's major lifelong-learning institutions, the Open Learning Agency in British Columbia, appears uncertain amid speculation that the provincial government intends to cut its financial support or privatize the agency. The government of British Columbia set up the organization in 1978 to give residents in rural parts of the province greater access to public postsecondary education. Today the agency runs a number of province-wide programs, including BC Open University, Open College, the Canadian Learning Bank, and an educational-television service....
Comments:
Post a Comment
Online Learning News Blog Archives OTEL - Ray's Home Page - Notebook - UIS Online - U of I Online - UIS Home Fair Use |
Online Learning Update 
